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Movies that feel likeLegend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)

The Japanese forces occupy Shanghai and slowly start spreading terror in the city. Chen Zhen, who was presumed dead, returns to fight against the Japanese and put an end to their tyrannical rule.

If you loved Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, the closest films we have are The Assassin (2015), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) and The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010). All three share Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Furie (2019).

🍅 47% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keungcontemplativekineticepictense
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The Assassin
2015 · dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
🍅 80%★ 6.3action · adventure · historyPrime Video

The same two preoccupations: martial arts, and assassin

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

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Bodyguards and Assassins
2009 · dir. Teddy Chan
🍅 50%★ 6.8drama · action · history

The same preoccupation in both: assassination

The difference: Less tense, more its own thing

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-sen came to Hong Kong to meet revolutionary comrades. The Qing government sent a group of killers to murder him. Ordinary citizens from all walks of life joined together, blocking the streets and fighting off the assassins to keep Sun Yat-sen safe.

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The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
2010 · dir. Herman Yau
★ 7drama · action · history

One thread runs through both: martial arts

The remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor; beginning at the start of his journey from his initial training through to the ultimate battle to become supreme master of the art of Wing Chun.

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Kung Fu Jungle
2014 · dir. Teddy Chan
🍅 74%★ 6.4action · thriller · crimePrime Video

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: Leans further into crime

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

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Ong Bak 3
2010 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 63%★ 4.9action · adventure · historyPrime Video

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel.

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The Warlords
2007 · dir. Peter Chan
🍅 62%★ 7action · drama · history

Both keep coming back to the same thing: assassin

The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to eradicate the rebels.

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Ashfall
2019 · dir. Kim Byung-seo
🍅 70%★ 6.2action · adventure · thrillerPrime Video

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

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Merantau
2009 · dir. Gareth Evans
★ 6.7action · drama · thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

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Thunderbolt
1995 · dir. Gordon Chan
★ 6.3action · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on history

In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.

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The Grandmaster
2013 · dir. Wong Kar-Wai
🍅 78%★ 6.6action · drama · history

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

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Furie
2019 · dir. Le Van Kiet
🍅 95%★ 6.3action · drama · thrillerPrime Video

Contemplative action, and it commits to that

When a little girl is kidnapped by a trafficking ring, they soon find they messed with the wrong child. Her mother, a notorious former gang leader, is close on their trail and will go to any lengths to bring her child home.

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The Protector 2
2013 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 18%★ 5.3action

History built on momentum, twice over

Kham finds himself in trouble when he is accused of killing a trader. While on the run from the trader's nieces who are martial artists, Kham meets a friend who warns him of a terrorist plot.

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